Numerical Modeling of Energy Systems Based on Micro Gas Turbine: A Review

Fabrizio Reale and Raniero Sannino
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Fabrizio Reale: Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility (STEMS), National Research Council (CNR), 80125 Naples, Italy
Raniero Sannino: Italian National Agency for New Technologies (ENEA), Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 00123 Rome, Italy

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-24

Abstract: In the context of the great research pulse on clean energy transition, distributed energy systems have a key role, especially in the case of integration of both renewable and traditional energy sources. The stable interest in small-scale gas turbines can further increase owing to their flexibility in both operation and fuel supply. Since their not-excellent electrical efficiency, research activities on micro gas turbine (MGT) are focused on the performance improvements that are achievable in several ways, like modifying the Brayton cycle, integrating two or more plants, using cleaner fuels. Hence, during the last decades, the growing interest in MGT-based energy systems encouraged the development of many numerical approaches aimed to provide a reliable and effective prediction of the energy systems’ behavior. Indeed, numerical modeling can help to individuate potentialities and issues of each enhanced layout or hybrid energy system, and this review aims to discuss the various layout solutions proposed by researchers, with particular attention to recent publications, highlighting the adopted modeling approaches and methods.

Keywords: micro gas turbine; distributed energy system; humid air turbine; numerical modeling; hybrid energy systems; MGT-ORC; SOFC-MGT; EFMGT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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